Two girls are trying to pull a 20kg toboggan out of deep snow that gives an  opposing force of 8.0N. They are using ropes attached to the toboggan and parallel  to the ground. Find the acceleration (magnitude and direction) of the toboggan at  the instant it starts to move.

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 Two girls are trying to pull a 20kg toboggan out of deep snow that gives an
 opposing force of 8.0N. They are using ropes attached to the toboggan and parallel
 to the ground. Find the acceleration (magnitude and direction) of the toboggan at
 the instant it starts to move. 

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